Reduced production of crops, to reaise farm prices. Declared unconstitutional in 1936.
National Recovery administration (NRA)
1933
Reduced destructive competition and helped workers by setting minimum wages and maximum weekly hours. Declared unconstitutional in 1935.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
1933
Built dams on the Tennessee River to control flooding and generate electricity.
Public Works administration (PWA)
1933
Put people to work building roads, buildings, and other public woeks projects.
Federal Deposit Insurance Cooperation (FDIC)
1933
Insured individual savings accounts so that people did not lose their money if banks failed or closed there doors .
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
1933
Provided federal funds for state and community relief efforts.
Civil Works Administration (CWA)
1933
Provided temporary federal jobs for the unemployed .
Civilan Conservation Corps (CCC)
1933
Provided jobs for young single men building forest trails and roads, platinf trees to reforest the land and control flooding, and builing parks.
Mount Rushmore took 14 years to complete and cost $989,992.32 to build. The four faces carved into the mountain are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt , and Abraham Lincoln. There were no deaths during the time it took to build Mount Rushmore. Because the faces are made of granite , they are estimated to erode only 1 inch every 10,000 years . Mount Rushmore is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota .
Mount Rushmore took 14 years to complete and cost $989,992.32 to build. The four faces carved into the mountain are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt , and Abraham Lincoln. There were no deaths during the time it took to build Mount Rushmore. Because the faces are made of granite , they are estimated to erode only 1 inch every 10,000 years . Mount Rushmore is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota .
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